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Strengthening the Healthy Start Workforce: A Mixed-Methods Study to Understand the Roles of Community Health Workers in Healthy Start and Inform the Development of a Standardized Training Program

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Healthy Start (HS) is a program dedicated to preventing infant mortality, improving birth outcomes, and reducing maternal and infant health disparities. This mixed-methods study researched how CHWs, an essential part of the HS workforce, provide for families and communities and inform the development of a standardized training program.  … [Read more...] about Strengthening the Healthy Start Workforce: A Mixed-Methods Study to Understand the Roles of Community Health Workers in Healthy Start and Inform the Development of a Standardized Training Program

What encourages community health workers to use mobile technologies for health interventions? Emerging lessons from rural Rwanda

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As access to mobile technologies expands, improving their effective use is key to strengthening data. This article discusses emerging lessons from rural Rwanda on CHW use of mobile technologies for health interventions. Technical characteristics such as reminders and alerts were seen to be the strongest predictors towards use, while user characteristic (age) did not influence … [Read more...] about What encourages community health workers to use mobile technologies for health interventions? Emerging lessons from rural Rwanda

Quality of care for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in a rural area of Mali

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This article presents findings from a study of treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by community health workers in rural Mali. Key findings indicate that well-trained and supervised CHWs are capable of managing cases of uncomplicated SAM, there is an opportunity to increase access to quality treatment in Mali for SAM, and that resources needed to ensure … [Read more...] about Quality of care for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition delivered by community health workers in a rural area of Mali

The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

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This cross-sectional study assessed the current roles, training, and knowledge of CHWs about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. One hundred and fifty CHWs from two non-governmental organisations required to provide non-communicable disease care as part of a comprehensive package of services were interviewed. Results indicate that roles were broad and varied, … [Read more...] about The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town